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Natural Disasters (News Report)

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  • Besides tsunami, earthquakes and flooding, what other catastrophic event was reported in Japan?
    Heavy snowfall, heavy snow
  • A tornado or a whirlwind
    Twister
  • How strong was the earthquake that struck Northern Sumatra? 6.2 or 6.7
    6.2
  • FCDS means Foundation for _______ and Sustainable Development
    Conservation
  • A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action
    Emergence
  • A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen
    Phenomena
  • Underwater vents of fissures in the Earth's surface from which magma can erupt
    Submarine volcanoes
  • What river is considered a dead pool due to overuse of water and human-caused climate change?
    Colorado River
  • The capital of New Zealand that experienced deluge and flooding
    Wellington
  • The first tsunami in Thailand that killed 5400 people happened on ___ .
    December 26, 2004
  • To burn slowly with smoke without flames
    Smouldering
  • What color is the stain in the cracks in rocks of Yangmingshan National Park?
    Yellow-green
  • A highly organized thunderstorm that can last for several hours, capable of producing both updrafts and downdrafts exceeding 100 miles per hour, large hailstones, tornadoes and flash flooding
    Supercell
  • The amount of snow that falls in a particular area during a particular period, or a fall of snow
    Snowfall
  • Connected or related with the heat inside the earth
    Geothermal
  • To hit someone or something so they become unconscious
    Knock out
  • A wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface
    Seismic wave
  • Substance that reaches up to your knees
    Knee-deep
  • One cause of the mudslides in California
    Droughts, flooding, shrinking Lake Chad
  • 7 people died when tornadoes hit southern US. How many were killed in Central Alabama if Georgia got 1?
    6 (six)